Yes. That’s so true. But in the meantime I’ve got distracted. A fishing boat appeared and I heard Diana Ross song ‘When You Tell Me That You Love Me’ quietly played.

Déjà vu.

That fishing boat and the words of the song reminded me to something. I laughed.

“What?” puzzled by my laugh made his face looked funny “what’s so funny?”

“I didn’t laugh at you. I agree, the most beautiful thing is to be here with you”

“So what made you laugh?” he looked confused but laugh along.

“Look at that boat” I pointed at the boat “The boat, the sea, five years ago… ring a bell?”.

He looked at my direction.

“Still not ring a bell?”

“The song says ‘when you tell me that you love me’. Do you not remember when you said you love me five years ago?” I laughed “for the first time”.

“I do remember” he grinned as he stared me “you, me, Mark and the guys went fishing. It was a beautiful day. We made good catch that day. It was fun”.

Yes. On that historic day we all went fishing. It was a beautiful day indeed.

“I hate to see you with Mark” he laughed again “I was so jealous. It drove me crazy”.

Five years ago we went to that outing trip to thousand island. I could be among them because I went there as Mark’s girl friend. Mark is a british technician.

Few months earlier my ‘dear’ friend and I were introduced through a friend’s friend. Don’t imagine that we got together at the moment. We were not even closed. I was not interested on him. We were just like a bunch of friends from many countries who have same interests in clubbing, travelling, culinary and photography.

I dislike fishing but love to be at the sea. I can’t swim and worried about sea sick. But the thought that I’d go out with Mark and we would go swimming and snorkeling after the fishing made me enthusiast about the trip.

The sea was calm in the morning but the wave got bigger as it reached noon. It was when I felt a little dizzy.

So I went to the deck below to get something to get rid it. I really didn’t want to take medicine because it made me sleepy. Maybe the biscuit would help.

“Hey” someone followed me down there “here you are”

“Hi” I smiled with one hand still reaching for the biscuit in my backpack. Where did I put it?

“I want to say something” my ‘dear’ friend spoke rushedly “while we are here and he is not all over you”.

Who did he refer to when he said ‘he’? I stared at him with that question hanging in my mind.

“Ok” was my reply. Aha, I found that biscuit. Now my sea sick pills. Where are they? My hand reached in the backpack again.

“I fell deeply madly in love with you” he popped the words.

“Huh??” I was really taken by surprise that I couldn’t say a word.

Lol.

“I didn’t know you were having sea sick at that time” he grinned as he hold me closer “you didn’t even look pale”.

I laughed “you really took me by surprise that my sea sick was gone at that very second”

We both laughed.

“I have heard guys said they loved me before but yours were the most unexpected one” I grinned.

“So I was the winner!” he rose his arms up and shouted.

“You’re so idiot”.

“An idiot who loves you so much” he laughed “who are still with you”

However, we didn’t get together instantly after that.

“I am with Mark” that was my answer to him after he said he fell deeply madly in love with me.

“I know. I can see that”.

“And you expect me to leave him?”

“Are you engaged to him?” he studied my fingers “I don’t see any ring”.

“What this has anything to do with engagement?”.

“It means I still have a chance to win you”.

Whoa! He is so mad, I thought.

“You are insane if you think I am going to break up with Mark so I could be with you”

But what do you know, Mark and I broke up several months later. Lol.

“I heard you and Mark broke up” was his opening line when we met few months later. I didn’t know how he found out about it as I didn’t tell anyone.

“Yeah, what did you do? Put a spell on us?” I replied, half joking, half upset.

“I still fell deeply madly in love with you” he wasn’t bothered by my answer “Why don’t you give yourself a chance to know me? That’s all I am asking”.

“Deal” I only said that because I thought it could get rid of him.

“I should never said deal” I smiled.

“I’m glad you said deal” he kissed me “if I were not that insane, we would never be together”.

Yeah, talk about persistence. Without being pushy. But if he didn’t take such attitude, we would never be together (we officially got together nearly a year after he said he loved me on that boat).

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Who is Keke?

I am a person whose life is full of surprises. Have a degree in banking management but after spending about 11 years moving from one office job to another, I ended up teaching in kindergarten from 2005 to 2011. Due to some reason I had to resign from that kindergarten as I have got myself.. yep, another office job. Something that I never thought I would do again for a living. Writing in this blog continues though. I just want you to know what is this former kindergarten teacher does & thinks after she resigned from her teaching post. I like my present job but I know I am a teacher. One day I will teach in school again.